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  1. Hi,

    It seems BBC gave too much attention to the release of NLOTH when it just came out.
    The rooftop performance, the U2=BBC etc, was a bit too much according to RadioCentre.

    They say BBC doesn't seem to know the difference between giving publicity and commercial promotion, according to supervisor RadioCentre.
    The BBC management will to talk to their employees, according to this article (only in Dutch, unfortunately. But my post says the same as what's in the article):

    http://www.nu.nl/muziek/2162524/bbc-vindt-eigen-berichtgeving-u2-ver-gaan.html
  2. Was obvious they went too far, even as a u2 fan i saw that.

    Well free publicity for U2, unfortunately it didnt help much
  3. I don't really think it was that bad, as someone living in the UK i really hardly noticed it in comparison to some of the crap they promote nowadays. anyway, as you said, fat lot of good it did them anyway

    EDIT: English version here
  4. Well, I've got the feeling the "free publicity" line is sort of an excuse. I mean, put U2 in your channel and there'll be lots of viewers (as the You Tube transmission proved). So they were not giving merely publicity, they were getting a higher audience indeed. I think BBC has measured the real impact of these things (they also complain about the "too much attention" on Coldplay) and go like "ooooooooooooooooooh, I should have Bono paying this s**t and get some millions out of it". And since they know they won't get a penny now, call their employees not to do it again.
  5. Wasn't enough for me
  6. Originally posted by thunderbolt:Well, I've got the feeling the "free publicity" line is sort of an excuse. I mean, put U2 in your channel and there'll be lots of viewers (as the You Tube transmission proved). So they were not giving merely publicity, they were getting a higher audience indeed. I think BBC has measured the real impact of these things (they also complain about the "too much attention" on Coldplay) and go like "ooooooooooooooooooh, I should have Bono paying this s**t and get some millions out of it". And since they know they won't get a penny now, call their employees not to do it again.


    Problem is that its not a commercial broadcast company. Its paid by taxes and then they should stay clear of too many commercial things.

    Sure its great that we get to see it. But many of us dont pay UK taxes. And many UK tax payers are not interested in U2, so its unfair to them.
  7. Originally posted by Risto:[..]

    Problem is that its not a commercial broadcast company. Its paid by taxes and then they should stay clear of too many commercial things.

    Sure its great that we get to see it. But many of us dont pay UK taxes. And many UK tax payers are not interested in U2, so its unfair to them.


    It's not strictly speaking a tax, it's a licence fee. You pay it if you have a TV. You don't if you don't.

    That said, it was pretty overt, even for a fan. However, other bands get similar amounts of fuss (Coldplay being the obvious one). But Take That have had time on the radio exclusively to them, so have Foo Fighters and, ha hem, P!ink.

    As someone has said already, they knew exactly what they were doing and are happy now to go, oops, sorry
  8. Originally posted by Hans23:I don't really think it was that bad, as someone living in the UK i really hardly noticed it in comparison to some of the crap they promote nowadays. anyway, as you said, fat lot of good it did them anyway

    EDIT: English version here

    Agreed - there was a fair bit, but I don't feel anymore than they've done for other things, bands, bla bla. I enjoyed it, anyway
  9. Originally posted by Risto:[..]

    Problem is that its not a commercial broadcast company. Its paid by taxes and then they should stay clear of too many commercial things.

    Sure its great that we get to see it. But many of us dont pay UK taxes. And many UK tax payers are not interested in U2, so its unfair to them.


    OK, but then, how many is "too many" commercial things? To be real fair to the tax thing, they should be zero commercial, but even BBC knows it's impossible since it's TV.
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